I posted this rod on another thread, it was a bit battered and bruised when it came into my possesion.. I do not know what make it is, maybe home made ? who knows... the ferrule is half brass and half copper, the copper half is a pipe that has been split and soldered together again I think, but it fits perfectly. The handle was a rather chunky item, that had not been finished, but had been varnished overvrather heavily. The whole to split cane transition on the tip section was again rather chunky, and heavily varnished.It was almost straight, but needed a bit of heat to tweek the tip back in line with the rest of the rod.

Before ..

A full strip down, the handle was rebuilt with new ( used ) reel fittings , most of the cork was rescued, a few "bits " had to be replaced, the cane /split cane transition was rebuilt, a couple of minor splits in the whole cane were opened, glued, whipped and finished , new ( again rescued ,used ) rings were whipped on, and finally a few coats of Yacht varnish were administered.

Anyway, now it is finished and on its way to my small collection, to be used sometime soon, the action is not too bad, the rod seems quite well balanced .
I have no proof, as there is no manufacturers transfer, but despite the copper ferrule, amd the poor cane/split cane transition as was ,I think the rod may have been originally made for retail, and had been badly rebuilt at some time.

I would like to thank everybody who posted photos of similar 2 part cane/split cane rods that had been rebuilt, as they were very useful and inspirational showing how a rod could go from "A" to "B" , whilst not up to those other examples, it fills a niche in my collection.

My recent restoration , bought from eBay for £10 , it screamed “Marco” and it was ready stripped so saved a lot of time , there was no makers mark but I could make out the old whippings , I whipped this in green and will use it for Chub and Barbel fishing , i am certain this is a “Test “